Can-opener.



P. CHESELKA.

CAN OPENER. APPLICATION FILED Aue.s.'19|s'. 1,297,797. Patented Mar. 18,1919.

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CAN-OPENER.

Application filed August s, 1918. Serial No. 248,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER CHESELKA, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Fairbank, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can- Openers, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a compound tool primarily designed for opening tin cans but also serviceable for opening bottles as well as paring and coring vegetables and fruits.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a can opener having cork-pull ing means foldably provided for compact arrangement therein when not in use, the entire device being easy and inexpensive to manufacture and handy as a household implement.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then claimed.

In the drawing, forming a part of this application-and in which like designatingcharacters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in its open position;

Fig. 2 is a, view thereof closed;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of one end of the device;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line IVIV of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view taken upon line V-V of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the retaining plate provided in the can opener;

Fig. 7 is a developed view of the strip from which the can opener is formed.

My invention provides a resilient'isheet metal strip 10 bent upon itself with a pivot bolt 11 secured through perforations 12 and 13 at points adjacent the opposite ends of .the strip. The device so formed is in the shape of a loop and a retainer plate 14 is transversely secured therein by means of lugs 15 upon the opposite ends of the plate projecting through opposite slots 16 in the bent strip and bent over outwardly of the strip.

A slot 17 is provided in an extension 18 at Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 18, 1919. i

the end of the strip 10 outwardly ofthe per 7 foration 13 thereof, the material at one side of the slot 17 being formed into a pointed blade 19 having an inner cutting edge 20. The material at the opposite side of the slot ,17 has its terminal portion 21 bent. at right angles to the extension 18 and whereby the blade 19 is adapted to be forced through the tin with the angular member 21 acting as a fulcrum upon the outer face of the tin duringthe cutting operation when the device is in use.

The loop formed from the strip 10 constitutes the handle for the can opener, and a foot 22 upon one edge'of the plate Hand extending toward the curved end 23 of the loop provides a means for removing seals and caps from bottles. A longitudinal slot 24. formed in the strip 10 furnishes an edge portion 25 in the handle end 23 which is suitably sharpened in the form of a blade adaptable for peeling or paring vegetables while the outer edge 26 at the opposite end of the handle and adjacent the angular portion 21 is suitably sharpened for use as a coring implement.

A steel needle 27 for engaging and perforating corks and a hook 28 for pulling corks, are journaled upon the bolt 11 be tween the sides of the loop-shaped handle formed by the strip 10, the said hook and needle being serviceable for many other uses than that herein noted.

Spaced slots 29 are provided in the edge of the plate 14 opposite the foot 22 providing a T shaped post 30 therebetween. The said needle and hook are formed of resilient metal and are readily swung upon the bolt 11 for engaging the plate 14 and upon being sprung slightly laterally, the needle 27 and hook 28 will rest within-the slots 29 retained by the overhanging portions of the post 30 when the needle and hook are not in use.

The needle and heck are readily released from the post' 30 when desired for use and are swung outwardly of the handle as illus trated in Fig. 1 of the drawing and may be moved forwardly to a position for engaging the angular portion or finger 21 to render the needle or hook more rigid when in use. The entire device is compactly formed of only a few parts, the strip 10 serving as a handle for the structure which incloses the needle and hook when not in use, while the retaining plate 14: braces and strengthens through the end portions of the strip ad-- jacent one end of the device, a plate rigidly secured transversely within the loop and having spaced L-shaped slots in one edge thereof forming a headed T-shaped post therebetween, and a pair oflaterally yieldable tools journaled upon said bolt; said tools being adapted for engaging beneath the head of said post within said slots to be releasably retained in their inoperative closed positions within the loop.

2. A device of the class described comprising a strip of sheet metal having periforations adjacent its opposite ends and bent in loop formationi with said perforations in alinement Wi'th'each other, a pivot bolt secured through said perforations, a"

pair oftlaterally yieldable'tools pivoted on said'bolt and pr-otectingly positioned within the loop when inoperatively arranged, and

a bracing plate rigidly secured to said strip transversely within the loop and having spaced L-shaped slots in one edge forming a headed T-shaped posttherebetween, said tools being adapted to spring laterally into and out of position beneath the head of said post through said slots. during the folding and unfolding operation. I In testimony whereof 'I afiix my signature.

PETER CHESELKA. 

